The Hearth of Mopsus

Unlike the Diva  exhibition, which I'm keen to see at some point if only because it includes PJ Harvey memorabilia and Theda Bara's ...

Essentially derived from the winter gown most medieval people might have worn from time to time, a cassock is the most basic item of the cle...

The display about the foundational Goth club, the Batcave, at the Museum of Youth Culture in Soho, is only open for a few days. Madame Morbi...

It’s taken ages to get my new hat from Mad Hatters in Brighton, where I purchased my last couple. Previously I went to a Leading High Street...

It would be good to have a new pair of trousers. Marks and Spencer usually provide me with mine. This is what happened. I go to M&S in...

Having visited the office of the local undertakers who I have less to do with, I was convinced the young woman funeral arranger there had so...

All sorts of things end up in museum collections, but until very recently I had no idea that Bridport Museum contained a haunted dress. On h...

A large and emotion-heavy funeral at the start of the week was held for a young man who despite disabilities had achieved a lot with his s...

'Well, you're barely up before you're down again', the taxi driver who took us from Dublin airport to our rented apartment o...

The small girl with her mum and little sister accosted me while we were waiting to cross the road.  "Why do you always dress so smar...

As well as Thursday being the day of the Infants Palm Service, it also marked another commemoration: the 25th anniversary of the release o...

The other Pope caused some discussion among people I know recently by preaching about clerical attire. This puts one in mind of the vicar ...

"Aren't you hot, wearing all black?" people say to me in the summer. Depending on the mood I'm in, I will say either ...

A text conversation. Cylene: Is Pastel Goth one of our relatives or are they just neighbours who only really do a similar look but h...

On my own I wouldn't have chosen to go to 'Savage Beauty', the exhibition about fashion designer Alexander McQueen at the V&...

We went to the Chap Olympiad last Saturday, and I’ll write a bit more about the event itself some other time. Ms Formerly Aldgate had bee...

We were determined to drag ourselves to the capital for Reptile's New Year's Eve party, as for residents living out beyond the sub...

What a day of contrasts. At Widelake House this morning they'd forgotten we were coming and the staff rounded up a strange collection of...

One Goth clothing show from my few days in Whitby - I do like the typewriter so visitors can leave an email address ... ...

'It just seems like play-acting', said my mother about the Goths. And of course it is. My couple of days in Whitby made me reflect o...